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Calendar overview 664
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| Xuanzang , Chinese Buddhist pilgrim monk, dies. | |
| 664 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 112/113 (turn of the year July) | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 656/657 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1207/08 (southern Buddhism); 1206/07 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) | 
| Chinese calendar | 55./56. (56./57.) Cycle
 Year of the Wood Rat甲子 ( at the beginning of the year Water Pig 癸亥)  | 
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 26/27 (turn of the year April) | 
| Iranian calendar | 42/43 (turn of the year March) | 
| Islamic calendar | 43/44 (turn of the year April 3rd / 4th) | 
| Jewish calendar | 4424/25 (August 26-27) | 
| Coptic calendar | 380/381 | 
| Roman calendar | 
ab urbe condita  MCDXVII (1417)
 Diocletian's era : 380/381 (turn of the year November)  | 
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 974/975 (April)
 Syria: 975/976 (October)  | 
| Spanish era | 702 | 
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 720/721 (turn of the year April) | 
Events
Politics and world events
- Ealdwulf becomes the new King of East Anglia to succeed Æthelwald .
 - around 664: Sebbi and Sighere become joint rulers of Essex after the death of Swithhelm .
 
religion
- September: The Synod of Whitby in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria decides in favor of the Roman form of Christianity and against the Irish-Scottish Church .
 - Instead of the Irish-Scottish Colman, Wilfrid becomes Bishop of York , against whom Chad is charged as counter-bishop. Since at this point in time after Deusdedit's death the Archdiocese of Canterbury is vacant as a decision-making body, the question initially remains unanswered.
 
nature and environment
- May 1st : Total solar eclipse in northern England and northern Germany
 
Died
Date of death secured
- July 14th : Deusdedit , Archbishop of Canterbury
 - July 14th : Earconberht I , King of Kent
 - October 26 : Cedd , Anglo-Saxon bishop (* around 620 )
 
Exact date of death unknown
- Amr ibn al-As , Arab general (* around 580 )
 - Æthelwald , King of East Anglia
 - Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas , companion of Muhammad (* 595 )
 - Xuanzang , Chinese Buddhist pilgrim monk (* 603 )
 
Died around 664
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